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Show MORVICH FAILS I i TO SHOW CLASS IN TURF TILTS j Exterminator Termed The! Wonder Horse of the Modern Age Tn turf circle, the biggest upset of ,1!2J was the absolute failure of the great Morvich. Unbeaten as a two-year-old, th-winner th-winner of a dozen starts. Morvich was expected to repeat as a three-year-old. So grent had Morvich looked as a two-year-old that a majority of the turf experts rated Morvich as the equal "t MAh o War. Certainly, as a two-year-old. Morvich Mor-vich had looked equally impressive and bid fair to establish as many records as did Man o' War. Prepped for tho first big start of the year the Kentucky derby Mor- EXTERMINATOR. vich seemed certain to justify the claims of the leading turf experts. -Morvich won, breesing from a fairly good field. The Kentucky derby, however, was the only good race that Morvich ran during the year. The' wonder two-year-old was beaten In every other start In the three-vear-old class. What ailed Morvich? That Is the big mystery of tho turf. Was the horse over-rated as a two-year-old. badly trained as a three-year-i old, or simply unfit physically for various var-ious reasons? One thing, however, seems to have been definitely established-. Morvich! is not quite in the class of .Man o' War, I While the l.iilurc u' Morvich was the big surprise of the year, the continued I fine showing of the gr. at Exterminator Extermina-tor was one of the pleasing features' of the turf season. Every sport has Its outstanding fig-; urb. Ty Cobb is the iron man of base-j pall. For IS years he has showed the way to the diamond athletes. Agel MORVICH. does not seem to affect his play to any great extent. He still retains Untitle Un-title conferred on him years ago the game's greatest player Tennis has Bill Tild.-n. Football has Ita Fielding Yost. Alonzo Stagg. Glenn Warner and a few other famous fam-ous old-time coaches, who heap up with the game despite their years, and season after s.-ason turn out top-notch elevens. Exterminator Is the Ty Cobb of baseball, the Bill Tilden of Tennis. Age does not seem to slow' up Exterminator Extermina-tor in the least. Despite the added weight he is forced to carry ho continues con-tinues to show the way to the cream of the racing game. To Exterminator belongs the title, the "wonder horse" of the turf. |